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Simon Community Scotland

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Every day we help make positive things happen for people facing extremely difficult circumstances. We provide expert, compassionate and flexible...

We See You Volunteer

This opportunity takes place until 08 Mar 2024

We See You is a service, delivered from our Glasgow Access Hub, for people who are still using drugs in Glasgow City Centre. We’ve created an inclusive and trauma-informed service where people can get together to work on building skills & experience, confidence & self-worth and access harm reduction interventions and pathways into treatment.

This volunteer role offers a unique opportunity to be part of our award-winning team in a supportive environment.

Specific tasks:

  • Support us to deliver the holistic group work elements of this project such as music, drama, mindfulness and employability skills
  • Assist staff to facilitate the co-designing and co-producing of group work with people who access the We See You service
  • Deliver low threshold harm reduction (support that makes minimal demands on the person) – including Injecting Equipment Provision

Successful We See You volunteers will:

  • Be able to approach your volunteering role and tasks with a flexible and non judgemental attitude 
  • Have good communication and people skills 
  • Enjoy meeting and interacting with people from diverse backgrounds
  • Commit to high levels of harm reduction based support – experience of dealing in this practice would be beneficial
  • Have resilience and tolerance with people who have faced multiple exclusions

Contact Name

Lisa McTaggart

Benefits to self

Gaining new skills Making new friends Mental and physical health and wellbeing Giving something back Improving your confidence

Benefits to others

Help people to build skills and experience, confidence and self-worth by providing person-centred support that meets immediate needs and offers people a place to come to help build on their strengths, skills and ambitions to live well.

Location

Glasgow city centre

Training available

Our recruitment follows the Safer Recruitment process, which means giving consideration to safeguarding arrangements at every step. We will ask you to attend an informal interview, provide us with two references and attend our Mini IMPACT training – a shortened version of our dynamic 5-day staff programme.

Hours per week

4

PVG required

Yes

Support and supervision details

? A full and comprehensive induction is provided for this role ? In-role training is available – we value our volunteers and want to ensure you are equipped with the skills you need to fulfil your role ? Volunteer mentoring on each shift
  • TypeHousing and Homelessness

Employability skills

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